Lemon Balm

February 23, 2015

Use: An herb that has calming effects to reduce anxiety and restlessness as well as help treat sleep problems. Lemon Balm has also been used to ease indigestion and often referred to as the cure-all member of the mint family.*

History: Lemon Balm has been cultivated for the last 2,000 years. The Greek physician Dioscorides wrote about it being used for scorpion stings and insect and dog bites and even William Shakespeare mentions that Lemon Balm was strewn on the floor of a room to freshen it in “The Merry Wives of Windsor”.